Ant-man dir. by Peyton Reed
Sometimes I have to wonder why, exactly, a story has to be told. Why this particular story, with this articular character. Because watching Ant-man the overwhelming...
23 July 2015
The Hobbit : the battle of the five armies [based on the book] by J.R.R. Tolkien dir. by Peter Jackson
Bilbo and the dwarves have woken the dragon, and Smaug awake is something you don’t want to encounter. As the film begins he is busy destroying...
14 December 2014
That’s not even a plot dir. by Jack Bender
Last episode of season 2 of Lost was on last night. And can I just say that this has to be the most pointless telly watching...
25 July 2006
Lost 1.04 – Walkabout dir. by Jack Bender
Okay, so far we know that there are around 48 survivors of the plane crash, that there is some huge weird beast living on the island, that there are polar bears in the jungle, and that people aren’t straightforward (although I guess we should know that from real life right?).
This episode concentrates on Locke, the more-than-slightly odd fella.
8 June 2005
Lost 1.03 – Tabula Rasa dir. by Jack Bender, John Polson
This basically follows on from episode one. We learn a bit more about some of the survivors, mainly through flash-back. But overall I’m still failing to...
1 June 2005
Lost – Pilot dir. by J.J. Abrams
I’ve heard lots of good rumours about this programme, but haven’t actually read anything about it, didn’t want to get spoiled if I decided to watch it.
RTE showed the pilot (2 episodes) back to back last Monday, and there wasn’t much else on so I figured I may as well watch it. So far it is okay, I’m not sure why there has been so much raving about how great it is. Then again, I can’t really judge after only one episode.
26 May 2005